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package org.grails.encoder;

/**
 * This interface can be used to tell that a Grails Codec class should use these
 * methods for creating the encoder and decoder instances instead of using
 * conventional encode/decode methods.
 *
 * @author Lari Hotari
 * @since 2.3
 */
public interface CodecFactory {

    /**
     * Gets the encoder instance.
     *
     * @return the encoder
     */
    Encoder getEncoder();

    /**
     * Gets the decoder instance.
     *
     * @return the decoder
     */
    Decoder getDecoder();
}
